Amache Prowers

Amache Ochinee Prowers
Activist
1846 - 1905
INDUCTED 2018

Amache Ochinee Prowers, a full-blooded member of the Southern Cheyenne Tribe, was an innovative mediator between cultures during Colorado’s early territorial period of the 1860s and 1870s.

As an active participant in her family’s cattle-ranching business and a leader in her community, Prowers’ life exemplifies the essential role played by Native American women in shaping our state. She bridged the diverse cultural traditions of the Native American,
Euro-American, and Mexican people who resided in Colorado’s southeastern plains.

“Amache lived in a time that brought sweeping changes to the region, requiring the creation of a new society. Cultural mediators like Amache built the foundation of the American West.” — Prowers’ biographer, archaeologist Dr. Bonnie Clark